Raimo Lindholm (17 November 1931 – 20 November 2017) was a Finnish

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

player. He competed in the men's tournament at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

and the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

, the only Finnish basketball player to do so. He was the first player to earn more than 100 caps for the

Finland national basketball team The Finland men's national basketball team ( fi, Suomen koripallomaajoukkue, sv, Finlands herrlandslag i basket) represents Finland in international basketball competition. The national team is governed by Basketball Finland. Finland has playe ...

References

1931 births 2017 deaths Finnish men's basketball players Olympic basketball players of Finland Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Helsinki {{Finland-basketball-bio-stub